I was told today that the field my brother-in-law sold (with designer house) that had a stream about 4 feet down had flooded and the pond (at least 6 feet above stream level) is now about 100 feet across which makes a change from the dry lawn it made two summers ago. This is in Paraparamumu, which on a global scale is about 1/2 inch from Wellington. Or 1 hours drive up State Highway 1.